Eudonia atmogramma

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Eudonia atmogramma
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Female
Eudonia atmogramma male.jpg
Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. atmogramma
Binomial name
Eudonia atmogramma
(Meyrick, 1915) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Scoparia atmogrammaMeyrick, 1915

Eudonia atmogramma is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island and on Stewart Island. Adults have been observed on the wing every month of the year except July. They are attracted to light.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1915 using specimens collected by Alfred Philpott at Tisbury and West Plains near Invercargill in September and by George Hudson at Lake Wakatipu. Meyrick originally named this species Scoparia atmogramma. [3] In 1928 George Hudson, in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, illustrated and discussed this species under that name. [4] In 1988 John S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Eudonia. [2] The lectotype specimen collected in Invercargill is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [2]

Description

E. atmogramma. Eudonia atmogramma 471139964.jpg
E. atmogramma.

Meyrick described the species as follows:

♂. 23-24 mm. Head and thorax light grey more or less mixed with whitish. Palpi 3, light grey, white towards base beneath. Antennal ciliations 2⁄3. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, very narrow towards base, gradually dilated posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique; ochreous-grey, usually more or less suffused with whitish on veins, interneural spaces more or less suffusedly sprinkled with dark fuscous; claviform indicated by a small spot of dark-fuscous suffusion : cilia white, with a grey line. Hindwings 1+1⁄4 without long hairs in cell; light grey, paler towards base : cilia white or in one specimen whitish-ochreous, with faint grey line. [3]

This species is similar in appearance to forms of Eudonia paltomacha. [4] It is also possible to confuse this species with a form of Eudonia leptalea . [5]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed on the South Island as well as on Stewart Island. [6] [7]

Habitat

This species has been observed in a variety of habitats including saline wetlands, [8] salt pan habitat, [9] and granite sand plains. [10]

Behaviour

Adults have been recorded on wing most months of the year except July. [7] They are most frequently observed from September to December. [7] The adult moths are attracted to light. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 458. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  2. 1 2 3 Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 155. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 Edward Meyrick (1915). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 202–203. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q110745619 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. 1 2 Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 197, LCCN   88133764, OCLC   25449322, Wikidata   Q58593286 – via Biodiversity Heritage LibraryPD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. ↑ R. J. B. Hoare; I. R. Millar; S. J. Richardson (2 January 2016). "The insect fauna of granite sand plains: a naturally rare ecosystem in New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 39 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1080/00779962.2015.1108159. ISSN   0077-9962. Wikidata   Q54783104.
  6. ↑ "Eudonia atmogramma (Meyrick, 1915)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  7. 1 2 3 "Eudonia atmogramma". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  8. ↑ "Conroys Road Inland Saline Wetland Complex". www.orc.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  9. ↑ R.B. Allen; P.D. McIntosh (May 1997). Guidelines for conservation of salt pans in Central Otago (PDF). Vol. 49. pp. 1–45. ISBN   0-478-01897-5. ISSN   1173-2946. Wikidata   Q109564331. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2019.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ R. J. B. Hoare; I. R. Millar; S. J. Richardson (2 January 2016). "The insect fauna of granite sand plains: a naturally rare ecosystem in New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 39 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1080/00779962.2015.1108159. ISSN   0077-9962. Wikidata   Q54783104.
  11. ↑ B. H. Patrrick; R. D. Archibald (January 1988). "Lepidoptera light-trapped at Owaka, South Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 70–72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722541. ISSN   0077-9962. Wikidata   Q105740584.
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